Garbage-can.



PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

I. HIRSOHN. GARBAGE CAN.

APPLICATION FILED r1113. 8. mm

ISAAC HIRSOHN, OF NEW YORK, N.

GARBAGE-CAN.

Specification of Letters Pate'nt.

Patented Dec. 25,1 906.

Application filed February 3, 1906. Serial No. 300.112.

T mil whom it puny concern.-

Be it known that I, Isaac Hmsonx, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, in the borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gar bage-Cans, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to an improved construction of garbage-cans by which increased strength is imparted to the same, whereby the cans can resist the heavy wear and tear to which they are exposed and in which the cover is locked to the body of the can in an improved manner; and the invention consists of a garbage-can the body of which is formed of a cylindrical shell of suitable sheet metal, top and bottom rims made of pipe provided with a circular slit for the upper and lower ends of the body, and angular braces connecting the upper and lower rims, said braces being riveted to the rims and at their median points of contact.

The invention consists, further, of braces for reinforcing the bottom of the can, and, lastly, of means for holding the cover of the can in locked position on the can-body, as will be hereinaf. er described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved garbage-can. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, with a por tion broken away. Fig. 3 is a bottom view also with a portion broken away; and Figs. at and 5 are detail transverse sections, respectively, on line el 4, Fig. 2, and on line 5 5, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings Referring to the drawings, a represents the body of my improved garbage-can. he body is preferably made of stout sheet metal, cylindrical in shape, and provided at the upper and lower ends with reinforcing-rims b b, which are formed of gas-pipe bent into circular shape and soldered together the abutting ends. The rims b b are provided, respectively, at their lower and upper sides with longitudinal slits into winch the upper and lower ends of the body a are inserted.

t is preferable to use a comparatively light quality of g encumber the weight of the can. The body a is reinforced by means of braces d, which are bent at an obtuse angle w." made of flat V shape. The upper and lower ends of said dle extension.

as-pipe, so as not to unnecessarily braces are twisted so as to be parallel to the body of the can, while the main port-ion of each brace projects at an angle of ninety de grees to said body. The twisted upper and lower ends of said braces are connected with the reinforcing-rims b b by means of rivets which pass through the fiat endsv of the braces and t. ough the rims and body, as shown in Fi s. 4 and 5.

The middle short'straight portions of the fiat V-shaped braces d are riveted together, as shown at r. Asthe braces are arranged around the cylindrical body aand form a connection between the upper and lower rims b b, they reinforce the body, prevent injury to the same, and hold the rims at the pit-per distance from each other, so as to prevent any crushing by the strain exerted on the can.

Thebottom a is also reinforced against bending in either direction, either by the load placed in the can or from injury from below, by means of angular braces e, which are provided with straightmiddle ortions e and ends e which are bent at rig 'tangles to the main portion of the brace, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. The bent-over ends e are riveted to the bottom rim b by means of the same rivets f by which the braces d of the body are secured to the rims, as shown in Fig. 5, said rivetsfpassing through the bottom rim, the lower end of the body a, and the downwardlybent circumferential flange of the bottom a as shown in Fig. 5. In this manner these rivets form a very reliable connectionbetween the different parts of the can. The straight middle portions e of the bottom braces e abut against each other and are connec'ted by rivets so as to resist the inward strain on the bottom rim and reinforce the bottomed against buckling or other injury.

The cover g is provided with a handle 9, which is provided at its ends with opposite alined elongations or extensions 9 one end being bent up, so as to form a lip 9 which engages one of two slotted lugs g, that are riveted by the rivets f to the upper rim 1) of the can. Said lug 9* is bent over at its upper end and holds by the bent-up end. one ban- The opposite end g of the handle extension g is bent up and recessed, said recess registering with the slot in the other lug 9*, so that the cover 9 can be locked to said last-named lug g by means of an ordinary padlock orbe locked by a sliding latch it, which is guided on headed pins h on the lIO provided with e I that serves as erednoeo in size,

By ushing forward the sliding latch it into the ent-u'pend h and tire lftig gr the reliable loe'kingeonneotiori between ennen'd cover is obtained.-

' The can is preferably pro "ded with hinged handles 0t the usu ai-l 'oori's'trtietion.

The advantages of my improved srbagieown are, first, the strong and du're ie o'er? struetion th set, so that the same can resistthe strain to which the sen-re is subjected emptying; see-e 16, the protection of the sheet nietal body of th-e' oan' by the reinforc ing top and better-n rims and the stifieni-ng braces between the rims; third, the looking conneetiowbet'ween the cover and can, so

the registering seesse A garb'age cen comprising a body, tubular 0 bottom rims provided with slits for inserting the 11 per and lower edges of the body', angular 'rsoes" between the top and bottomrirns, means for attaehing'the upper top and and lower ends of said braces to the-top and 3 5 hottom rims endup "er and lower edges o the ease; end means or commenting the mid dle ebutting'portions of said brsse'es.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoingqaks my invention 1 have signed my name in pres o weed? .tW-o' subscribing witnesses;

I mesons.

Witnesses: Q

PAUL? GonPnI-J, 

